The Sun. — London, England, 1818-07-21 00:00:00

~. "~ . , • N. • TUE ENGLISH CON`l'l 1 I U I'ION GIIURCII SnITE. FOIL THE SUN. This Constitution has ever been free, neither absolute nor simple,-though its administration has at times been despotic. The Saxon form of it has been t reserved, anti William the Norman brought in the feudal law. During his, and the line of the Plantagenets, the contest between the li,trons and Feudatories was for law and liberty, t‘.hich were united under Henry Vll., and sub rottled to by him, though the latter was testrain yl for several subsequent reigns; but passive obe dience was never heard of till called for by Eliza beth, and her successor James 1., Which roused the nation, and ended in the downfall of the Stuarts. The linequal alinement of land into feuds, pro e , tced riches and commerce, which greatly amen ded &improved the old form of Goverment. They Were essential among the Germans, to whom they wete perpetual, white in other countries they w e re temporary- and revocable. Allodial lands were inheritable. Beneficiaty were Croa n grants, and if immediate, the tenants were called laudes, or sub-tenants ; the one being alienable, bto the other 'Confined. Feuds produced to the lords ploprietors fruits of (entire, and as they fa voured liberty, were submitted to by the English, more for the advantage of the Aristocracy than Monarchy, yet better suited for an Oligarchy, or a Ailiiary Government. They kept the Church subordinate to the State, but their fruits growing arbitrary, was the occasion of struggles between the King and his Barons, which were a little ap pf.a-ed by Magna Charta, but tint entirely until aver the Restoration. They gave the King too much hover, and the Barons too great an ascend ancy over him. Both were unfriendly to liberty, until weakened by their wars. In Henry the Vll.'s time the Barons were so reduced that they could . not disturb him. Those who held of him in capite, by kaigOt service, were the great Coun cil and Legislature of the kingdom, amounting its Williani:soitue to about 700 ; the rest were tenants in wet:age, or hushatiery of the plough, and 100ke , 4 putt only - .svvants. Commerce and the arts broaght in .wealth, and the people because of senne consequence in the State. The Barons being enabled to alienate their feuds under Henry 11. the Le!.:islature was enlarged, and as they bad impoverished themselves to pursue the Crusade, they could not attend it in person, which obliged theta to appear there by proxy. Hence Knights of the Shire were chosen to represent the less tenants of the Crown ; and as trade increased, the citizens chose Burgesses, under'Edward M., which formed the House of Commons. Englishmen, fond of their native liberty, op posed the civil and canon law of the Romanists, which the crown and mitre mutually contended for ; and when the Papal authority ceased bete under Honorias, the Saxon law, as settled by Edward the Confessor, prevailed among them. 'ile Institutes of J tistinian being recovered in Italy, in our King btephen's time, became a fa shionable study in Europe. They were read hoe in Lambeth Palace, ender Vacatius ; hut ceased tinder our William the Norman, one of whose firs' charters began thus—" 1 William the Bas tard.--and the castles of the Nobles being Oill of their illegitimate children, they were held ho nourable; but in a Parliament of Henry the 111 d, the canon law was rejected, whereby subsequent marriage made them lawful ; and in this manner liberty - was prefer-led to sensuality. After the fall of. Cardinal ‘Volsey, under Henry VIII. the Ro matt civil law langtdalled, until revived after the death of his daughter Elizabeth, by the Stuarts in the Courts of Star-chamber, mot High Commission. The Tudors and their despotism did not change the Constitution of England. The forms of liberty were preserved. Parliament was, servile, and a King thought hioiself absolute. So did James ,the Ist. Ttie throne had been exalted on the depression of the Barons, whose property, which made them formidable, was mixed in other hands. The Commons rose rapidly into consequence, and they etiatched the sceptre from the Stuarts. slaking the King HEAD of the CHURCH was in favour of his Imperial power. The Papal domi nion had long clouded the majesty of the Crown, and held our Sovereigns in slavish obedience, alike to the triple crown, as the mitre of their coutomy ; but the translation of the Pope's au poonacy to them, increased their dignity and strength, which had been enfeebled by the spi ritual tyranny of the Roman Pontiffs, who, with all their predecessors, had presumptuously raised an altar to the MESSIAH, and placed themselves in his Chaiti as his VICAR. Their power was paramount in every thing that regarded religion, and every thing was thought so that touched their interest. The people, zealous to reform this ar tifice, anti support the just rights of the Crown, Henry VIII. availed himself of an opportunity, very happily for posterity, and renounced it in toto ; when Parliament transferred it to, and in vested it in him, his heirs and successors, without fixing any precise limits to his spiritual jurisdie- e tiOu trusting, no doubt, that no imprOper use s'• o r would be made of it in his temporal character as • head of the Church, in which he became the Vi car of the Messiah upon earth, but only superior in his own kingdom to the Pope, in ecclesiastical, legislative, and executive power, which produced the Coutt of High Commission, and so enlarged his authority, that the liberty of the people could only be secured by its subsequent abolition ; though the restless spirit of the Papists and Pu ritans, against the established Church, counte nanced its continuance for some reigns after. All matters of religion and conscience were within its cognizance, which -favoured. the usurpations on freedom, and, with the Court of Star-chamber, subjected every thing of a temporal nature to the judgment of the Crown, and between both to the highest tyranny, which was only softened by dispensations, raising the regal power above the law, and making it omnipotent. Toe I'd u! supremacy, after transplanting it, soon she , %ed its tital effects; and the false no tions succeeding Princes had of it, would have set the Crown above all laws, either divine OT human ; to the dispensation of the gospel. MO.. ther consequence of it was an opinion that Kings were irresistible, and the obedience of subjects was passive, grounded on their former suljection to the Pope, which was held to be due to the King, through tl,eir zeal against Papacy. This rendered him a despot. The Clergy of the Church preached up his divine right, in opposition to the Catholics, who more troiy derived it from the 'people. Hence were sewn Puritan and Republi cin seeds in the country, which, nourished by the Papists, justified attacks on the Crown, even 'to resistance. A tame submission would have opened a way to the. restoration of Popery, and slavery, contrary to the original intention, for the expulsion of both. After the Reformation, the Crown endeavoured to govern the Church by the laws of the old Hierarchy, in order to extend its prerogative, hut the spirit of liberty defeated the attempts of tem poral despotism, under the canon and civil law. Religious liberty, whose source was the Refor mation, introduced and supported civil. liberty. It opened the mind to inquiry, and discovered errors and corruptions in abundance. Letters, and the developement of reason, melted away prejudice, and the bilance of power devolved on the people. It appeared in Parliament, and the Crown was sensible of it ; but King Charles, following the example of his father, rashly pro voked its spirit, which in the end lost him his kingdom and Isis bead, after a hitter struggle through two reigns, between prerogative and li berty. His fate, nevertheless, bad not the de sired effect with his successors. They endeavour ed to revive exploded claims, and fell from the Throne, one in death, the other in disgrace. It was consequently filled by a glorious Prince, who was called to it from NECRSSITY, by the voice of the nation ; awl this was the true era of English liberty, which, though darkened, stilled, and in vaded by Pottery and Tyracny, for ages, sur mounted all obstacles, and shone forth in its na tive lustre. The Protestant principles had long been working among the . people. Elizabeth pro moted them, and her Clergy, thought Papi3t-s, were ~eaceful, and not to be feared from any tie that Popery had on their conscience, inasmuch that those principles prevailed, in time, over all opposition. Religion thus cleansed of its impurities, po licy and interest united to support regal authority, and strengtl:en the obedience of the . Subject, against the factious machinations of Papists and Puritans. Our RevolUtion settled liberty, as on a rock, mixed with the true spirit of our ancient Constitution, and both Prince and People will be too wise to violate it. All. that is consistent with kingly rule, the people have ; and prerogative, consistent with freedom, is given the King. The Royal and popular form so planted in early times, and grown to maturity, may prevail, with care, to the latest time, as the boast and glory of onr Country—the envy and admiration of surrounding Nations. BIAYNARD. LAW INTELLIciENCE, COUI; C[UNC?RY, 2 LORD STEWART'S CASE. In consequence of what passed with rtgard to this case on Saturday last, the Court was •his morning crowded, but no [notion of any kind was made by either side, contrary to the expectations of the whole Court. _ _ Mr. HORNE, just at the rising of the Court, addressed his Lordship.—" My Lord, previous to your leaving► the Court, allow me to mention in the case of Tempest and Ord, for the purpose of relieving the anxiety of the parties, and to give no further trouble to the Court, that it is not in tended on 'he part of Lord Stewart to make any further motion to the Court. The motives of the other parties have beet; mistaken, and I have no wish to make any appliewinn." PRACTICE OF THE COURT. At about half-past ten o'clock the Loan CHAN CELLOR took his seat, and addressing himself to the Bar, said, that after Wednesday next he would hear no motions in cases of which the Solicitors had not given their briefs before that day, as he was determined not to subject himself any longer to the inconvenience which had frequently oc curred from the irregularity and neglect of Soli citors. Neither would he allow Counsel to an swer arguments one day which had been advanced on a former day. He must further apprise the Gentlemen of the Bar, that if, in the next seal, he should fi nd himself so situated as he had fre quently been in the course of the last, without any Counsel in Court to proceed in the causes as they came before him, he should close the seal. He could not but reproach himself for having two long submitted to such treatment. HABEAS CORPUS.-JUDGMENT. Ex-parte CRAWLEY, a Bankrupt. The LORD CHANCELLOR proceeded to give judg ment in the case, "Habeas Corpus, ex-pdrte Crawley," (as given in our Paper of yesterday•) The decision occupied the attention of the Court for nearly three hours. After reviewing a great number of ancient and modern law authorities, he finally pronounced the right of the- Court of Chancery, salvo jurimento, to discharge the sub ject from the writ. His Lordship, however, would give the parties, i. e. the Commissioners, until to-morrow morning, to shew any just cause they could against his decision; grounded upon the form of the bankrupt's comditment. THE OPERA-HOUSE. WATERS V. TAYLOR. Mr. DART applied to the LORD CHANCELLOR to dismiss an order made by his Honour the VICE CHANCELLOR, directing a sum of 8600/, to be paid into Court by _Mr. Waters, within• a fort night. Mr. Waters, he contended, had no right to be called on to pay it, he having a lien on the property in his character of Executor to Mr. Goold, and that be was also entitled to deduct the sum in question from his purchase-money. The case has been so often before our Readers, that it would be unnecessary to enter at any length into the arguments used on the occasion. Mr. BARBER was also heard on the same side, and at four o'clock the Loßp CHANCELLOR rose, directing the case to stand over till to-morrow, when Sir S. ROMILLY Will be heard in reply. 11ORRI BLE SUICIDE. COEONER'S INQUEST.—Saturday an Inquest was held at the Jolly Brewers, kVardour-street, Soho, before A. GELL, jun. Esq. Coroner for Westmin ster, on the body of Mr. James Fox, aged 30 years, who put a period to his existence in the folio wing dreadful manner :—Froin the evidence of Mr. Andrews, the landlord of the Jolly Brewers, and a man who slept in the same room with the deceased, and other witnesses, it appeared that the deceased was brother-in-law to Mr. Andrews, was a single man, and lived on his income. A few years ago he had a fall on board of a ship which fractured his skull, in consequence of which be had to undergo trepanning, and had a silver plate put into his head. Of late he was subject to temporary fits of insanity. The de ceased occupied an apartment in Mr. Andrews's house, in which he had been but three weeks, during which time he exhibited such marks of derangement of mind, that it was deeMed neces sary to have a man to sleep in the same room with him, and knives, .forks, and other sharp instru ments, were kept out of his way. Friday night he went to bed about I] o'clock; there was al ways a rush-light at night burning in his room. About two o'clock in the morning, the man who slept in the room with him was atvoke by hearing the deceased get up ; he watched what he was about, when, by the light, he observed him take something -. from his pocket, which appeared like a razor ; the man immediately jumped out of bed, and laid hold of him, to pr. vent his committing suicide ; a hard struggle took place between them, the man using his endeavours to force the razor from him, whilst the unfortunate maniac kept shilling the razor from hand to hand, each time making a cut at his throat, and inflicting se veral dreadful gashes on himself ; at length, by one desperate effort, he got the razor in his right hand, and with one stroke he cut his throat from ear to ear, and nearly severed his (iced from his body. Both fell to the ground. The other man's cries for assi•tanee alarmed the family, sonic of whom hastened to the spot, but too late to pre vent the dreadful catastrophe. Verdict—lnsanity. DISCOVERY of a MURDER by DREAMING. Friday night Mrs. PEAT, the landlady of the Carpruters'-arms public-house, in John-street, Tot tenhani-court-road, retired to rest about twelve o'clock, but hod not slept many minutes before she dreamt that some person had givqn three knocks at her chamber door, and she fancied she heard a female voice exclaim—" Mistress, Mis tress, here's some one putting a child down the privy !" During the whole of the night the idea haunted ber, and she arose extremely troubled. Ou coming to the breakfast table she related the circumstance to Mr. Peat, the brother of her late husband, who treated the idea with ridicule; but seeing chat it had made more than a common im pression on her mind, he endeavoured by every means in his potter to direct her thoughts from sub an 'improbable circumstance. In order to gratify her curiosity she determined to explore the drain of the privy. For this purpose she provided herself with -tiele j . :-;:bd after about a minute's search suceee''ed in bringing the arm of an infant above the surface of tle!..drain ! ! This terrible confirmation of - her 'dream had such an effect on her as nearly to overpower her ;—she could only call her brother-in-law, who, • with another person, came immediately to her assistance, and after a few minutts trouble succeeded in getting the body out, which had every appearance of a full grown child, and did not seem to have been long placed th.n.e. As the story got wile! ;u the neighbourhood, the utmost coe.•a: , !rnajon pre vailed, and various and eli.say were the conjec tures formed. Liformation was at length sent to the Parish Officers, who caused proper tlteps to be taken to investigate the matter. Saturday evening, at nine o'clock, an inquest was held at Mrs. Peat's house, before T. STIhLING, Esq. and Mr. RAYNSFORD, the Police Magistrate, with many other Gentlemen. The first witness examined was the tusid-ser vant, but after a most ingenious examination no thing could be elicited to throw the least light upon the subject ; and from her manner the girl seemed to have' no, guilty knowledge of the trans action. Mts. Peat detailed, in a firm unhesitating man lier, her singul , r dream to the Jury, and her bro ther-in-law confirmed her in that part which re lated to finding the body. I. Moodie, the waterman at the coach-stand, stated, that on Saturday be.was in the Carpenters' Arms ;—he heard Mrs. Peat scream, and accom panied her brother-in-law to her assistance. She told them she had found the body of a child in the water-closet, but although she said she had found it in !calf a. minute, witness could not find it in fire minutes or more! He was afterwards told that she had dreamt over night that some person had buried it there. Mrs. Peat had been for some time a widow. - Mr. Upham, a surgeon, said he bad examined the body ; it appeared full grown, but be could not positively say whether it was still-born.— The nails on the fingers and toes were perfect, and it seemed, in every respect, to have come to its full time. This witness, at the request of the Coroner and Jury, examined Mrs. Peat and her female ser vant, and be gave it as his opinion that neither could have been recently delivered. The Coroner charged the Jury at some length, and at two o'clock on Sunday morning they brought in a verdict of—" Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown." ACCIDENT AT NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE.--- Yesterday afternoon one of the labourers employ ed in building the towers, which bad been some time ago damaged in consequence of the fire at Northumberland-house, Charing-Cross, having fixed a stone of considerable weight to a pully, he remained underneath gazing upon some other object, till the stone was pulled up nearly to the top, wh en , shocking to relate, it fell right upon the,poor fellow, and by the weight forced the ribs through the skin. He died before he could be taken to the hospital. LONDON MAREETS, • PRICE OF THIS WEEK. T i ne highest price of the best Wkeaten Bread throq l° : ; ie r ' the Metropolis is stated by the 13a:ie . rs . to be is.. 52d " t! , is' Quartern Loaf, being an advance of Three Farthings w"n/ week.—Soole Bakers sell the Quartern Loaf trout Que P en- to twopence lower. h. 01* lb. oz. af Peek Loaf to weigh .. 17 6 Quarter n Loaf to weigh - 9 q 4 Half ditto.. ditto .... 811 Half Quarterti d itto', it SEEDS. ' GP Bran, 13s to 11s per Qr.—Fine BA i a ,d , 'G s to 305 per. - , Red Cl3ver (Foreign) —s 72s to 849 per cwt. Ditto English —s 40s to 7es - White ditto —s 751 to 112.5 Rye-Grass ... p • sis Li, Turnip, White Red and Green ... l6s ad to 005 Od White Mustard Seed 6s Os to !Is ad Brown ditto lss Od to 205 od Carraway Seeds (new) Cinque Font sss ad to 705 od per V* Coriander du. ..,. o ft. Trefoil Itibgrass ... —s 605 to 70s Canary (new) Li D ns i e tt e o d ( o o i l l d) Cake at the Mill, 141. 14s. to —I. —s 70s to 90s loon'; as . per tio 81. Os. to —l. Os. sand—New Rape Seed, 321. to 401. per Last.—PPe C I, a i _.....--- Per ton —Tares, 9s. to 16s. per b us- _,, e . PRICE 0 F HOPS. New Bags. New Pocket s. of Sussex 151 Os to 171 us Sussex I Kent 181 o 5 tO 201 0 s to 2 1 ! . n , Fureigu Ol os to 01 Os Essex .... 01 Os tO 01 / 43 ;i Farnham.. 20 1 O s To 9/1 • 151.—Duty 1000001. i ---". Foreign Pockets, 91. t, NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL NiAft By the Carcase. 4s 0 44 Beef ls 4d to •t s 4d Veal jto 55 Mutton 4s Od to 4s 8d Porl t ss Od t o 0. Lamb, 4s 4d to Gs. Od. ST. JAMES'S HAY MARKET, July "I f iv 64 , Hay 4l lOs Od to 81 15s 06--Average, u' 0 , Straw 21 14s Od to 31 6s Od-Average, 31 151 Cloves 7l 93 od to 81 10; Od-Average,' • WHITECHAPEL HAY MARKET• , i i pi 0 1 Hay 6l Jos Od to 81 los rid -Atecage) ' oi . 01 dii New ditto.. 71 7s od to Cl Os oil-A v erage, ei 1 9, . A Straw 2l IGs 0(1 to SI 3s 0,1--Averzigt, ~ 05 0 Clover 7l Os Cd to 8! Os od- --. Iverage ► ' .„,,, PRICE OF LEATHER. A o g Butts, 50 to 561bs each per lb ......2 3 t o 26. Ditto, 56 to 661bs each Dressing Hides iSd 2li Fine Coach Hides .sid to -0J Crop Hides / 35 to 40Ibs for cutting 21 0 Ditto 45 to 5011)5 . eod 04 Calf Skins 3O to 4010 s ' .ll w :WS Ditto 5O to 70tos Ditto 7O to 501h5.... " ld t o , 4 il Small Seals (Greenland) /41 to 700 • Large ditte,. per dozen 70s to 16 4 . __ __. •4 to IA Tanned Hoise Hides ls id - d t o Spanish Horse Hides RAIDES. Best Heifers & Steers, per s W t. H Ordinary .... 25 „,1 to g` 25 6d to 2s 10i: Ainrket Calf . • t' 34 :' „* . los 1'44 ida lings 2s to 2s 6(I Eng, Horse os 00 SHEEP P011ed.... Od to Od Downs Os Od to Os Od J SKINS. 1§ A D " S Kea rii ngs is 6d ‘, Lambs ........8s Od PRICE OF RAW FAT, 4s stated by the Tall. Metter& St. James's Market .. 4s tud Whitt:az:FL Market 4S 10d er Stone of As stated by tile .filit.'"" ipd St. James's Mark et • •": 141 Whitechapel 'Mar ket ( rOl , t .•• • • % is CA Newgate Maria t• • • ' j og ; t6 A .Average ..•• 4 Average _ ~filb• , PRICES OF TALLOW, SOAP, &c. per '! 197, Town Tallow.. 83s 6d —s Od 1 Ycllow Soap.. ••• •" .'• I ,!, v l is . Yellow Russia 81 s Od —s Od I Mottled.. ..-;•• • • *.` '' • ...of White ditto .. 77s 0 , 1 —s Od! i elb•d • ' 1• •7 . oil. Soap ditto.... 79s oil —s Od 1 Pahn, *•••• . ‘.7165 04 Melting Stull' 70s od —s Oil GKoses ... .... •' • . . I ° 6 ' Ditto Rough.. 40s Od —s Oil I Goad Dreg 3.. • • ••' ' ' • . 03 ci f PRICE OF CANDLES, scum Tallow Charldi el o d...4 4l3 - Price u t Caadles, Geer doitn, 12s fici —Moulds, 14s ' k. 9 -!. Cil li !cw,Tti for ready nu_f_c_:/ 1 1y . COAL A s lA bi llK s E', du;y r 4)• i r .i f4 e 5 . ,. go t 2 , 2 f Newcastle Shirisat Market. ' - , Ships sold. : . 3 3 3 . 5 ' . (:) , t d i : - to 095 ' , o 3 Sunderland. The trials of the persons concerned i ° ti k e t i t l r i l iatit graceful outrages On the territory of il l , e . - i, ed ; The t p C r :;c l e n e P d u i l t7g proceedings c l i t t e eCl terrii ° o to the general state of the Inm where the outrages were committed. The,itroe lasted two days, but the prisoners were 3 , - , Of other of the indictments, it appearinA quitted. No proceedings took place nr-0,40` d deal of interes.;44 of the culprits connected with the No rth io n Computy were to be found, and the pros-cello(' taigiv(7o, bave b,,eu ~ri,_rli st therefore against _Miles M‘Donnell, tEl:lll.,:vse: others, who hose been for optrards of th ree 1 . under accusation, are to be dropped entirelY: ,icii Tilts. —A destructive fire, w hich ill0 10° ; o ti, the country for many miles round , bi°k e r fh ,oic . Sunday at J. B. Villa, Bucks. The tire was first observe,' ll' s & SYBY'S grazing hrewhonse ; but how it originated is not k ° .' oo o The dwelling-house, which was veil' 5 , 1 1,,11'' was entirely destroyed, to with tlw - It ior ture. . A maid-servant was dangerOusly buttatilrf There was property to an enormous a mouot °_,,,, i premises contiguous, which escaped the f a in: gi i 4; DRINKING ON SUNDAYS.---.YeitOdaY tv"epallf dressed young men were convicted in the i i ;. ce , ie. of five shillings. each, at the. Pollee ° d i v *; farm, uol.iti, Worship-street, for getting drunk.on S tltt-a " . ___-------- , 11---------r ift" -I ' ye BIRTHS. . e, On the 10th inst. at Salttord, Soinersetslor k" tt O Fenton; of Doctors' Commons, of a daughte. a the 1 , , J. , On the 18th inst. at Burrow's-lodge, Swause: P JOllll Rolls, Esq. of a son. MARRIED. On Thursday last, at St. Marv's CliapA , Queeir l ls4 : l; Bath, R. Wilson Brown, Esq. rixford-bnairg,buil44„V" Powcil, eldest daughter of Dr. Chichester, 1-uto both of Bath. c o t h wstottif! On the II th instant, at St. George,,,,,-", youngest son of Mr. Gurney, West-end, Nli"` c--4- A ; only daughter of. Mr. Matthew, Berougl►• -- , • -. DIED. 1 Snritiit i On the 19th inst. at Spring -grove, Richtnen( f Alo e it° the 78d year of his age, Sir Charles Price fOrt• . ye rs tiol pi. of the Ward of Farringdon Without, and for 11.3„.3:10f bone of the Representatives in Parliament toe the l' i " v / yorv„, On Monday sentright, Sarah r ;Oh, of nr`"l'e''heecir :z bas ' aged 75 years, who, within the last 16 yell"' A i cuted as a witch by an illiterate set of pe°P le. ..„ 61. SCRIPPS, of No. 7 1 .. 011 0. , To. zg? •W 0,4 LONDON: Printed by J. B. CAB.STAIRS, °„',„. ( l 1 ) 1 e SI: Ormond-street, Queen-square; an.l F0)0' t 1.01-41( en I Odic c • No. 112, Strand ; where. Advertisen Letters, Sic, ( post -yald) mu 4 Ijc, Ajcisiicd' • Sa:lth KkitonStreetli a to ft 7. /7 1;